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March 2020 Posts

Video gaming suspension also extended to April 30 (03-31)
Dialysis Is Life Support, Which Is Why Treating Kidney Failure Is A Full-Time Job (03-31)
Ethics/lobbying commission misses deadline (03-31)
Stay at home order extended (03-31)
937 new cases, 26 new deaths (03-31)
Pritzker talks ICU and ventilator availability - Extends stay at home order to April 30 - Thumbs down on piecemeal approach - Talks prisons - Warns hospitals must accept prisoners - Speaks to students - Lightfoot: "I fully support" governor's actions - IL survey: 48 percent have recovered - AFL-CIO wants OHSA action - Asked about when it will end - Nurses claim disposal thermometer shortage - No power to allow rent control - Supports more mail-in ballots, but needs GA to reconvene - Says businesses want to work out differences with workers - Not enough unemployment money, but feds are providing $ - Wants nursing and medical students licensed (03-31)
Everyone has their own priorities (03-31)
A quick look ahead to November (03-31)
Clean, Affordable Energy—Now More Than Ever (03-31)
Credit Unions Throughout Illinois Offer Assistance Through New Loan Products (03-31)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker admin calls reports "irresponsible" *** 3 Chicago TV stations reporting that Pritzker will extend stay at home order (03-31)
The crisis is creating unity for now (03-31)
Lotta holes in that backstop, bub (03-31)
A few little somethings to lighten your day (03-31)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Medical director at hospital near Stateville: "This is a disaster" (03-31)
Tribune gonna Tribune (03-31)
Open thread (03-31)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-31)
Pritzker says 500 hospital beds this week at McCormick Place - Feds sent surgical masks instead of N95 masks - Ezike explains state prison strategy - Why no "recovered" data? Abbott can only produce 50K rapid tests per day- Drop in new cases today does not indicate anything - Not focused on costs except for gouging (03-30)
461 new cases, 8 new deaths - 12 Stateville prisoners hospitalized (03-30)
A few somethings to lighten the day (03-30)
Slow down, please (03-30)
Please, don't be a Covidiot (03-30)
How will county parties hold legally mandated conventions on April 15th? (03-30)
IDHS closes 61 Family Community Resource Centers (03-30)
"Used to daydream in that small town" (03-30)
Question of the day (03-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** And the news just repeats itself, like some forgotten dream, that we’ve both seen (03-30)
National Guard drive-through testing limited to 250 per day (03-30)
Don't be like Italy (03-30)
A tale of two legislators (03-30)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Everyone has their own priorities (03-30)
Clean, Affordable Energy—Now More Than Ever (03-30)
Wellness check! (03-30)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-30)
Pritzker says 4,000 tests per day being done, 10K tests per day in ten days - Bemoans federal red tape - Warns landlords against evictions - Asked about construction sites - "We have not hit the peak" - Promises Downstate visit; "Weeks to go" before peak - Says "There's not enough [hospital] capacity," points to efforts to expand (03-29)
1,105 new cases, 18 new deaths (03-29)
COVID-19 roundup (03-29)
A look at that University of Washington COVID-19 study and how Illinois fares (03-29)
Pritzker announces death of infant - "We're preparing ourselves for the worst" - McDonald's donates 400k masks - Talks Medicaid waivers - New guidance for grocery stores - Adresses Trump comments on NYC; Advises kids not to continually watch the news, including "God forbid, Fox" - Lagging test results - Joint buying with other states? - Feds not preventing drug stockpiling - Still scrambling to find ventilators (03-28)
465 new cases, 13 new deaths (03-28)
COVID-19 roundup: Child dies; Aurora mayor and police chief test positive; Dart lashes out; GA will have to approve home cannabis delivery; Strike? Maybe; Abbott's new test; Remote notary allowed; Sewing warriors; Adorable video (03-28)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-28)
Medline reopens Waukegan EtO sterilization facility (03-27)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (03-27)
*** UPDATED x1 *** U of I engineering develops prototype emergency ventilator (03-27)
Clean, Affordable Energy—Now More Than Ever (03-27)
Pritzker sets up new Emergency Alert System - Pleads with president to use Defense Production Act - Announces expanded childcare, food and homeless programs - Evaluating whether to extend EO - More cases because of additional tests and virus is spreading - Pleased with Trump invoking Defense Production Act - Working on hospitalization numbers over the weekend - "We'll get around to talking about" biz demands (03-27)
488 new cases, 8 new deaths (03-27)
85% Of Dialysis Patients In Illinois Rely On Medicare Or Medicaid (03-27)
Question of the day (03-27)
Oy (03-27)
Online learning is easier said than done for lots of kids (03-27)
IDES upgrades website, staggers application times in effort to handle crush (03-27)
Credit Unions Throughout Illinois Offering Modifications To Existing Loans (03-27)
Please, don't be a Covidiot (03-27)
COVID-19 roundup (03-27)
It's not going to be pretty (03-27)
Oh, the "New Illinois" folks ain't gonna like this (03-27)
Wellness check! (03-27)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-27)
REAL ID deadline extended a year (03-26)
Everyone has their own priorities (03-26)
Pritzker says POTUS approved major disaster declaration request - Scolds people who congregate outside - Unemployment has dropped one in four households below $50,000 - 450 people returning to healthcare service - Penny Pritzker heads up new relief fund - Talks about Trump - Addresses UI problems - Hopes for more stimulus bills - No "do not resuscitate order" under consideration - Has contributed $4 million to relief fund (03-26)
673 new cases, 7 new deaths (03-26)
"Republicans are not just losing ground; we’re getting clobbered" (03-26)
133,763 Illinoisans have so far filed for uninsurance claims this month (03-26)
Dialysis Patient Citizens Supports The Illinois Kidney Care Alliance (03-26)
An unintended consequence of the stay at home order (03-26)
MLB opening day open thread (03-26)
What the nurses want (03-26)
Raoul details his price-gouging efforts (03-26)
COVID-19 roundup: Searchable EO posted; Trump can't countermand Pritzker order; Filing extension was automatic; Chicago closes parks, beaches and trails (03-26)
DoIT needs to get its act together (03-26)
*** UPDATED x3 - Trump approves IL disaster declaration *** What can Illinois expect out of the DC stimulus package? (03-26)
Nearly 3.3 million applied for unemployment benefits last week alone (03-26)
Today's required reading (03-26)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-26)
17 Cook County detainees, five employees test positive, 31 awaiting results (03-25)
Everyone has their own priorities (03-25)
Pritzker announces delay of tax filing deadline to July 15 - Three programs for small businesses - Praises stimulus bill - Thanks workers - Treasurer initiates loan program, addresses bill backlog - Hotel industry expects 120,000 layoffs in coming weeks - Pritzker admits IDES website is not functioning properly (03-25)
330 new cases, 3 new deaths and it's now in Stateville (03-25)
COVID-19 roundup (03-25)
Please, don't be a Covidiot (03-25)
Question of the day (03-25)
As if we don't have enough to worry about (03-25)
US Senate's stimulus plan includes $150 billion for state and local governments (03-25)
*** UPDATED x1 - Senate cancels *** House cancels next week's scheduled session (03-25)
Feds remind states about unemployment gag order (03-25)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-25)
Question of the day (03-24)
Pritzker: "We are beyond the moment where testing alone can be our primary weapon" - 180 people applied to rejoin healthcare workforce - "No way that these companies can ramp up fast enough to get us everything that we need in the time that we need it" - 54% of confirmed cases are white, 33% black, 11% Latino, 5% Asian - Unarmed National Guard is not enforcing quarantines - Doesn't think president is listening to scientists - "Concerned that we may have to extend that deadline" - Governor says he will spend some of his own money (03-24)
250 new cases, 4 new deaths (03-24)
Swift action, widespread testing and contact tracing helped South Korea avoid draconian measures (03-24)
Nitpickers gonna nitpick (03-24)
*** UPDATED x1 - Rebuked by State Board of Elections *** Champaign county clerk accused of breaking state law (03-24)
COVID-19 roundup (03-24)
Change Is Often Fast Amid National Crisis (03-24)
Cotton accuses Durbin of demanding cash bailouts for Illinois and Chicago (03-24)
Child abuse reports plummet, but that's not good news (03-24)
The ventilator situation (03-24)
Everybody has their own priorities (03-24)
Maybe that is the only way to get his attention (03-24)
Open thread (03-24)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-24)
Pritzker announces private-sector PPE acquisition; Says online unemployment insurance claims issues "taken care of"; Spoke with "responsive" Trump today; No weapons for National Guard; "Decent shape" on hospital beds today (03-23)
236 new cases, 3 new deaths (03-23)
*** UPDATED x1 - 2 detainees test positive *** What about the jails and the prisons? (03-23)
Please, don't be a Covidiot (03-23)
FDA asks Georgia to reopen Sterigenics plant, but hasn't yet approached Illinois (03-23)
Leader Durkin calls for unity (03-23)
Wellness check! (03-23)
Another group calls on Pritzker to withdraw the Fair Tax amendment (03-23)
Some good advice (03-23)
Hospitals are in increasingly dire straits (03-23)
Rumor patrol (03-23)
Everyone has their own priorities (03-23)
We're the virus' food, so start acting like it (03-23)
More like this, please (03-23)
Postponing REAL ID deadline a "no-brainer" (03-23)
St. Louis Fed chief says unemployment could hit 30 percent in second quarter (03-23)
Get your COVID-19 questions answered here (03-23)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-23)
State claims it's received a tiny fraction of supplies requested from strategic national stockpile (03-22)
Rep. Bob Rita slams Blue Island mayor for suspending police activity (03-22)
Pritzker thanks media, Illinois Republicans, explains his Trump comments; Still contemplating tax deadline extension; No "papers" required; Explains what needs to happen for order to end; Asked about rainy day fund; Explains who to call if employer is operating and shouldn't be (03-22)
296 new cases, including an infant - 3 new deaths (03-22)
*** UPDATED x1 *** National Guard patrols rumors - Auto sales are not "essential" - Daily legislative briefings - Uihlein in the news - Trib blog still shines (03-22)
Keep calm and carry on (03-22)
Pritzker to former health workers: "We need your help now"; 168 new cases, one death; IDPH to limit non-essential adult elective surgery; State got only 25 percent of PPE from feds that it requested; "My optimism has waned" (03-21)
Dear media: This is neither a lockdown nor a shelter in place order (03-21)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (03-20)
Executive Order now online (03-20)
Pritzker: Stay at home starting tomorrow at 5; Orders municipalities to halt evictions; Postpones school reopening to April 8; Chicago closes parks & libraries; Governor addresses rumors (03-20)
163 new cases, one more dead (03-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Hold on tight because the economy is in for a very rough ride (03-20)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Tribune: Pritzker to issue stay at home order this afternoon (03-20)
Indicted pol blocks emergency COVID-19 spending (03-20)
California, New York governors issue stay at home orders (03-20)
IDPH predicts Illinois will have 3,400 COVID-19 cases a week from now (03-20)
Question of the day (03-20)
Medical-related shortages are deeply worrying providers (03-20)
COVID-19 rumor patrol (03-20)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Worst muni-bond rout since 1984" prompts calls for federal help (03-20)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-20)
CPS classes canceled through April 20 (03-19)
Everyone has their own priority list (03-19)
Pritzker: 3 new deaths; Signs telemedicine EO; Two-month delay in sales taxes for bars/restaurants; May reopen closed hospitals; Pledges never to close essential services; 422 cases in 22 counties; School closures might be extended; No shelter in place yet (03-19)
59% Of Illinois’ Dialysis Patients Are Minorities (03-19)
*** UPDATED x1 - IHA issues plea for supplies *** Some COVID-19 updates (03-19)
Question of the day (03-19)
Please, stop spreading COVID-19 rumors (03-19)
Act like you're already a carrier (03-19)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "I'm not a doctor, but I play one in the General Assembly" (03-19)
Burke's power continues to wane with ward committeeperson loss (03-19)
Two unions, two very different responses to COVID-19 (03-19)
"We are going to have an unprecedented blood shortage" (03-19)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-19)
Here are the details of Oak Park's "shelter in place" order (03-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Today's hero: Helen Satterthwaite (03-18)
Pritzker: "These numbers will get much worse in Illinois before they will get better" (03-18)
IDPH: 128 new COVID-19 cases - Illinois up to 288 (03-18)
ICC halts utility disconnections, Lightfoot suspends debt collection, ticketing and towing (03-18)
A little something to help put a smile on your face (03-18)
41,000 unemployment insurance claims filed in Illinois over past two days (03-18)
*** UPDATED x1 *** House cancels session next week, extends committee deadline, will caucus by phone (03-18)
Congressional roundup (03-18)
Now more than ever, get out of your bubbles (03-18)
*** UPDATED x2 - Lipinski kinda concedes *** Chicago still counting: Newman wins, Burke in trouble, Neville up by 5, Foxx breezes, Pizer concedes (03-18)
State labs only processing around 300 COVID-19 specimens a day (03-18)
Open thread (03-18)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-18)
2020 primary winners (03-17)
*** LIVE *** Election night coverage (03-17)
Election night preview: Be patient (03-17)
A glimpse into our future (03-17)
Late afternoon/evening precinct reports (03-17)
Question of the day (03-17)
Pritzker: Illinois has first COVID-19 death; 22 new cases at DuPage longterm care facility; Feds "monopolizing supplies and not providing them to the states"; "I will not use this moment to supersede my constitutional authority" (03-17)
AG Raoul warns businesses against price gouging (03-17)
A bit of schadenfreude amidst the craziness (03-17)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - A few campaign updates (03-17)
Early afternoon precinct reports (03-17)
Alivio Medical Center Supports The Illinois Kidney Care Alliance (03-17)
DoIT implementing "new security feature" (03-17)
*** UPDATED x1 *** School assignments during closure won't count toward grades (03-17)
*** UPDATED x3 - Allen apologizes - Pritzker chief of staff: "I’m disgusted that Jim Allen would lie like this" - Pritzker admin: "The board has time to play politics instead of doing their job" *** Faced with problems, Chicago Elections Board shifts blame (03-17)
Mid-morning precinct reports (03-17)
WHO Director General: "We cannot stop this pandemic if we don’t know who is infected" (03-17)
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Early morning precinct reports (03-17)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-17)
Outraged restaurant owner loses franchise over anti-Pritzker window sign (03-16)
Secretary White closing all offices, including driver services facilities (03-16)
Where do Pritzker's emergency powers come from? (03-16)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (03-16)
Illinois State Board of Elections: "Illinois primary election still on" (03-16)
Pritzker orders gatherings of 50 or more be canceled (03-16)
COVID-19 victim to harassers: "I’ve done nothing wrong" (03-16)
12 new cases, now 105 cases in 15 counties (03-16)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Republican legislators called "reckless and irresponsible" for statements on COVID-19 (03-16)
Welcome, Lily! (03-16)
Open thread (03-16)
Quarantined cruise ship passengers won't be returning to Illinois until they're cleared (03-16)
Madigan chief of staff: "A call to return to Springfield amidst this public health emergency would only occur if necessary" (03-16)
DCFS Inspector General replaced via late Friday news dump (03-16)
Pritzker decides to go with Biden after staying on the sidelines (03-16)
Just a reminder... (03-16)
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH! (03-16)
The session is looking thin (03-16)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-16)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Um, everyone was killed at the Alamo (03-15)
*** UPDATED x2 - Treasurer to close business offices Monday *** Congressional candidate Betsy Dirksken Londrigan self-quarantining until March 22 (03-15)
AFSCME backs Pritzker's work from home directive (03-15)
Madigan COVID-19 campaign guidance falls far short of other caucus advice (03-15)
Pritzker: Feds doubling staff at O'Hare; Closing all bars and restaurants beginning Monday; Asked for end to overnight food delivery ban; 29 new cases; Will not delay election "unclear when we might be able to hold another one" (03-15)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Some more COVID-19 updates (03-15)
Pritzker: After pressure, Customs and Border Control increasing staff at O’Hare today (03-15)
Mayors of Chicago, Springfield are taking vastly different approaches to COVID-19 (03-15)
*** UPDATED x3 - 20 new cases with two in Springfield - 18 new cases, now in 8 counties *** Pritzker: "If you are young and healthy, listen up. We need you to follow social distancing guidelines, too." (03-14)
Pritzker administration issues COVID-19 leave/travel guidance to agencies, but no mass telecommuting yet (03-14)
*** UPDATED x1 - Peoria case reported *** As COVID-19 cases discovered Downstate, a county public health director says "Live your life like you normally would" (03-14)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-14)
Casinos ordered closed for two weeks (03-13)
Lightfoot: "The best place for our students to be is at home" (03-13)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (03-13)
*** UPDATED x1- 14 new cases *** Pritzker orders all schools, public and private, to close starting Tuesday (03-13)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (03-13)
Question of the day (03-13)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Champaign city council unanimously approves sweeping emergency ordinance (03-13)
Uihlein asks when we can go back to our "normal lives" (03-13)
COVID-19 roundup (03-13)
Shenanigans! (03-13)
Medicine Assistance Tool Connects Patients To Information About Assistance Programs (03-13)
Poll: 68 percent of Illinois Democrats concerned about contracting COVID-19 (03-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - Mass canceled *** Archdiocese of Chicago announces "system-wide closure" of Catholic schools (03-13)
A quick respite (03-13)
Bond Buyer: Sell-off "worse for the market than the aftermath of September 11th and the 2008 financial crisis combined" (03-13)
*** UPDATED x1 - CTU wants schools closed *** We have a choice here (03-13)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-13)
Poll: Biden, Foxx with double-digit leads, 72 percent disapprove of Blagojevich commutation (03-12)
Pritzker: "We are not closing schools, but we are monitoring the situation on a day to day basis" (03-12)
Medicine Assistance Tool Connects Patients To Information About Assistance Programs (03-12)
IASA: "Neither the governor nor the Illinois State Board of Education" will be making decisions to close public schools (03-12)
TRS pension update (03-12)
Only 25% Of Illinoisans Awaiting A Kidney Transplant Can Get One (03-12)
Question of the day (03-12)
It's just a bill (03-12)
Just our luck (03-12)
GOP primary candidate refuses to be pinned down on abortion (03-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Everybody needs to step up their game (03-12)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "You're the mayor of Shark City" (03-12)
Chinatown developer who wore wire, recorded Madigan charged with fraud (03-12)
We Need An Equitable Clean Energy Economy (03-12)
Cancellation roundup (03-12)
Make do and mend (03-12)
Open thread (03-12)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-12)
U of I goes online (03-11)
ISU extends spring break, switches to online instruction, closes down university housing (03-11)
Pritzker will file emergency rules to provide benefits to people unemployed due to COVID-19 (03-11)
Secretary White bans large groups from Statehouse (03-11)
Pritzker announces 6 additional COVID-19 cases, for a total of 25 (03-11)
Session canceled for next week (03-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Emptying my campaign in-box (03-11)
We Need An Equitable Clean Energy Economy (03-11)
ICJL says be wary of judicial candidates with Irish surnames during St. Patrick's Day voting (03-11)
HDems gonna HDem, but the schtick is really getting old (03-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** COVID-19 morning roundup (03-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** More on the latest AVR snafu (03-11)
More Than 30,000 Illinoisans Suffer From Kidney Failure (03-11)
*** UPDATED x3 *** It's probably time to start thinking about remote legislating (03-11)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Downtown Chicago's St. Patrick's Day parade is called off (03-11)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-11)
Get it together, man (03-10)
It's just a bill (03-10)
*** UPDATED x3 *** Pritzker: 19 cases now, including two outside Cook (03-10)
Question of the day (03-10)
February poll: Pritzker job approval at 39/36 with 19 neutral (03-10)
*** UPDATED x1 - Pritzker administration walks it back *** IDPH to employees: No paid time off if you get COVID-19 (03-10)
AFSCME calls Janus appeal to US Supreme Court "a greedy grab" (03-10)
From Sears, to Willis to... ? (03-10)
Adventures in polling (03-10)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Is Boston what Chicago's future looks like? (03-10)
Open thread (03-10)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-10)
DuPage GOP election judge shortage almost doubles in a week (03-09)
Four county sheriffs file suit to strike down state's Trust Act (03-09)
Pritzker announces four new COVID-19 cases, issues disaster proclamation (03-09)
Newman on Madigan: "I think it’s time for him to go" (03-09)
Question of the day (03-09)
Zalewski admits property tax taskforce has failed (03-09)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Fundraiser list and a few campaign updates (03-09)
It's just a bill (03-09)
Life in the bubble (03-09)
*** UPDATED x1 *** COVID-19 roundup (03-09)
Bloomberg Shutting Down (03-09)
*** UPDATED x1 - Oberweis responds *** Six House Republicans want a "complete and thorough" explanation from Oberweis (03-09)
Palumbo back in the news (03-09)
Rep. Jones rattled by attacks (03-09)
Open thread (03-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (03-08)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (03-08)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-08)
Reader comments closed for the weekend (03-06)
*** UPDATED x5 *** Cassidy: At least four 49th Ward nursing homes no longer want to host polling places because of COVID-19 (03-06)
S&P: Pritzker budget "a very small step," likely won't result in improved rating (03-06)
Question of the day (03-06)
Lightfoot, Durbin endorse Biden (03-06)
Rep. Barbara Hernandez flatly denies darkening photo of African-American opponent (03-06)
U.S. Renal Care Supports The Illinois Kidney Care Alliance (03-06)
After claiming it was a "mistake," Oberweis now doubles down on old helicopter ad (03-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Tobolski to resign on March 31 (03-06)
We Need An Equitable Clean Energy Economy (03-06)
Medicine Assistance Tool Connects Patients To Information About Assistance Programs (03-06)
Be Like Mike! (03-06)
Open thread (03-06)
Pizer airs Lightfoot TV ad (03-06)
*** UPDATED x1 *** "Old-school political operative" accused of bribing Sandoval (03-06)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-06)
Rate Marie Newman's new TV ad (03-05)
Caption contest! (03-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (03-05)
Question of the day (03-05)
It's just a bill (03-05)
GOP congressmen reportedly push back after Pritzker requests federal intelligence outline of "all known threats to election systems" (03-05)
Hinz: Lightfoot to endorse Biden (03-05)
"The number of [COVID-19] cases reported in every chart and table is far too low" (03-05)
So, We Got 8 More Days Of These... (03-05)
United Way: 36 percent of Illinois households can't afford basic necessities (03-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition of Capitol Fax (03-05)
*** UPDATED x2 - Oberweis responds *** Oberweis accused of "illegal scheme," and a state's attorney is a witness (03-05)
Illinois Credit Unions: Giving Back To The Communities We Serve (03-05)
ILGOP tries to block Nazi (03-05)
Open thread (03-05)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-05)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Campaign updates (03-04)
Illinois Credit Unions: Providing Financial Literacy Training To Future Leaders (03-04)
IKCA Celebrates National Kidney Month (03-04)
DCFS claims it received no reports after court released child back to family two years before he was murdered (03-04)
Simon Poll: Voters back remap reform, revolving door ban and a ban on legislators lobbying (03-04)
Question of the day (03-04)
Mike For Joe (03-04)
Second McCormick Place cancellation due to COVID-19 outbreak (03-04)
Support The Healthy Youth Act (03-04)
*** UPDATED x1 *** It's just a bill (03-04)
Rate the new Ives TV ad (03-04)
House Republicans complain about lack of progress on property tax relief (03-04)
State climatologist: "Tornado Alley" shifting east to southern Illinois (03-04)
Heidner files new suit against the Illinois Gaming Board (03-04)
We Need An Equitable Clean Energy Economy (03-04)
Medicine Assistance Tool Connects Patients To Information About Assistance Programs (03-04)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (03-04)
*** UPDATED x2 - CTU President Sharkey endorses Bernie - Bloomberg suspends campaign, endorses Biden *** Open thread (03-04)
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*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-04)
False alarm (03-03)
Cannabis roundup (03-03)
It's just a bill (03-03)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Candidate: LIG has substantiated ethics report against Rep. Skillicorn (03-03)
As expected, ARDC hearing board recommends Blagojevich be disbarred (03-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Kalish; Batinick; Bailey; Pizer; Peters (03-03)
Question of the day (03-03)
COVID-19 updates (03-03)
Simon poll: 65 percent support graduated income tax, 51 percent favor constitutional change for pensions (03-03)
It always helps to have friends (03-03)
Putting The United Back In United States (03-03)
Media feud escalates (03-03)
Support The Healthy Youth Act (03-03)
Madigan captain: A vote for Newman is a vote against Madigan and all the benefits 13th Warders enjoy (03-03)
Ignorance is not bliss, it's just ignorant (03-03)
*** UPDATED x2 *** Travel advisory for I-55 north of Springfield (03-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Supplement to today's edition (03-03)
SUBSCRIBERS ONLY - Today's edition of Capitol Fax (use all CAPS in password) (03-03)
*** LIVE COVERAGE *** (03-03)
Pritzker administration issues bulletin to health insurance companies about COVID 19 coverage (03-02)
Question of the day (03-02)
Justice Charles Freeman (03-02)
Spending pressures abound (03-02)
AG Raoul: "No-poach" agreements dropped by three fast food franchisors (03-02)
It's just a bill (03-02)
Happy Pulaski Day! (03-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** COVID-19 roundup (03-02)
As Illinois voting nears, Duckworth, White back Biden, while Madigan backs three Biden delegates (03-02)
Two overlooked Illinois contests (03-02)
Mike’s Campaign Is Built To Win Everywhere (03-02)
*** UPDATED x1 *** Consumers could be hit with one-two punch by utilities (03-02)
Fitch reacts to Pritzker budget proposal (03-02)
Remap reformers need to start focusing on people of color (03-02)
A look inside MJM's operation (03-02)
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